The killing move Star Constellation Immortal Venerable activated was named Chaotic Intent Scatter Dream.
It was a Wisdom Path killing move, but it incorporated a large number of Dream Path mortal Gu, thereby simulating Dream Path power and being able to influence dreamscapes.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable had deduced this move originally to counter Fang Yuan's Dream Path methods.
Fang Yuan had once used the Pure Dream True Body self-detonation to create dreamscapes for combat. The problem was that the vast majority of methods in the world were ineffective against dreamscapes, allowing Fang Yuan to repeatedly succeed.
Then, when Fang Yuan wanted to collect these dreamscapes, he would activate the Pure Dream True Transformation move, converting the dreamscapes into individual Pure Dream True Body clones and bringing them all away at once.
However, this situation would no longer hold under the Chaotic Intent Scatter Dream killing move.
The Dream Path mortal Gu in the Chaotic Intent Scatter Dream only served as a key; the true method was Wisdom Path.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable used Wisdom Path methods to interfere with the will and emotions contained within the dreamscape, causing them to descend into utter chaos.
Whether it was the earlier Human Path dreamscape or the current Heavenly Dao dreamscape, both contained human will and human emotion, or Heavenly Dao will.
When these wills and emotions became confused and disordered, the dreamscape — especially an orderly one — would lose its order and become chaotic and incoherent. The Gu cultivators exploring within the dreamscape would suffer even more, like fish thrown into water only for that water to be set ablaze.
Once a Pure Dream True Body was struck by this move, the stable humanoid form would revert back into a dreamscape, and the contained human will, human emotion, and so on would all merge with the dreamscape, making thought impossible.
For someone like Meng Qiuzhen, whose physical body and soul had both entered the dreamscape, given enough time they would be ground to dust by the chaotic dreamscape.
Fortunately, Fang Yuan's main body intervened in time, forcing Star Constellation Immortal Venerable to stop activating this move and allowing Meng Qiuzhen to escape a life-threatening crisis.
As for the painstaking effort previously put into converting the Dreamscape Blessed Land — that was already a minor detail.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable retreated while dodging Fang Yuan's offensive, all the while observing the Heavenly Dao dreamscape.
When she saw that the Heavenly Dao dreamscape which had swallowed Meng Qiuzhen had returned to its previous state with no other anomalies, she knew Meng Qiuzhen was still alive.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
She had deduced this Chaotic Intent Scatter Dream move, which had actually already reached the limits of her ability.
The main constraint was Dream Path.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's Dream Path realm was virtually blank, and she had no Immortal Gu for Dream Path, relying entirely on a large number of Dream Path mortal Gu as substitutes. It was solely through her terrifying foundation in Wisdom Path that she had forcibly pulled this killing move up to the Eighth Transformation level!
She wanted to achieve more, but she simply lacked the capability.
Therefore, she could not rescue Purple Star Fairy and Shadow No Evil who were trapped within the Heavenly Dao dreamscape. At best, she could use this move to kill them.
But Purple Star Fairy needed the living Phantom Soul clone — killing her would be meaningless.
She might possibly kill Meng Qiuzhen.
But the Chaotic Intent Scatter Dream required sustained activation. If disrupted by Fang Yuan, Star Constellation Immortal Venerable would suffer a backlash from the killing move, which was extremely dangerous.
Fang Yuan's main body attacked relentlessly. This move of Star Constellation Immortal Venerable made him tense, forcing him to keep a close watch at all times, striving to prevent Star Constellation Immortal Venerable from continuing to activate it.
Giant Sun Immortal Venerable attacked wildly from the side.
Fang Yuan's main focus was on Star Constellation Immortal Venerable, and facing Giant Sun's offensive, he could only try to dodge and retreat.
Giant Sun Immortal Venerable pressed aggressively and possessed rich combat experience, not allowing Fang Yuan to succeed. The majority of his attacks landed on Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan originally had the Reverse Flow Body Protection Seal, but Giant Sun Immortal Venerable's Lingering Waste Fortune move was too annoying, so he simply dispelled it, relying only on the Heavenly Net to defend.
This was a true Ninth Transformation killing move. Amplified by the Heavenly Dao marks on Fang Yuan's body, it rendered all of Giant Sun Immortal Venerable's attacks completely ineffective.
No matter how mystical and wondrous, or how vast and powerful Giant Sun Immortal Venerable's attacks were, striking Fang Yuan's body was like hitting illusory bubbles — as if nothing existed at all.
"What kind of defensive technique is this?!" The more Giant Sun Immortal Venerable fought, the more shaken he became inside, to the point where even his face couldn't help but tremble.
The tighter Fang Yuan's defense, the more Giant Sun Immortal Venerable wanted to see through it. But Heavenly Secrets Confusion and the Heavenly Net were seamlessly linked, and all of Giant Sun Immortal Venerable's various detection methods were defeated under Heavenly Secrets Confusion.
Giant Sun Immortal Venerable couldn't see through it, and neither could Star Constellation Immortal Venerable.
The two Venerables grew more suspicious the longer they fought.
Fang Yuan guarded against Star Constellation Immortal Venerable while simultaneously sending a voice transmission to Giant Sun Immortal Venerable, earnestly urging him to help by turning his attack toward Star Constellation Immortal Venerable, emphasizing the might of Heaven Court.
He also promised that if Giant Sun Immortal Venerable made this choice, Fang Yuan would develop more Blood Path Immortal Gu and Blood Path achievements to trade with Giant Sun Immortal Venerable.
Giant Sun Immortal Venerable's mood improved somewhat — for Fang Yuan to make such a huge concession, he must be on the verge of collapse.
But his attacks actually intensified further, and at the same time he transmitted: "Immortal Friend Fang Yuan is too modest. Of the three of us, you might be the strongest right now! Setting everything else aside, just this defensive technique of yours leaves us completely helpless."
Fang Yuan quickly said: "This is a killing move centered on the Marketplace secret realm. Immortal Friend Giant Sun currently has no Ninth Transformation killing moves — how could you break it? Since you can't break it, why bother making things difficult for me and letting Star Constellation Immortal Venerable reap the greatest benefit?"
Giant Sun Immortal Venerable then eased his attacks.
But his actual thoughts were: "Fang Yuan's earnest words and humble tone — he really must be on the verge of collapse. His Immortal Essence is the least abundant, and these killing moves carry terrifying power — how could he not be consuming Immortal Essence?"
"I need to ease up and let him catch his breath, maintain the current situation, and let him and Star Constellation Immortal Venerable wear each other down!"
"As for the Heavenly Dao dreamscape — just now Star Constellation Immortal Venerable nearly succeeded completely. In such a short time, with this much Heavenly Dao dreamscape, how could Fang Yuan possibly acquire it all?"
When Star Constellation Immortal Venerable saw Giant Sun Immortal Venerable ease his attacks, she immediately sensed something was wrong. She cursed Giant Sun's cunning inwardly and sent her own voice transmission.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable informed Giant Sun that one's realm was the hardest thing to improve. Since Fang Yuan intended to develop in the Heavenly Dao direction, these Heavenly Dao realm insights would be of immense help to him. How could they simply sit by and let him achieve his wish?